After the weather issues of last weekend, it’s time to hunt out the factor 50, and any double sweater requirement will perhaps be for sitting down on.
In a repeat of the 2023 Aberdeenshire Cup final, Grade 1 champions Gordonians host Knight Riders at Countesswells. Akhlaq Bashir and Tanish Kirodian strengthen the Gordos team, and Sivaganesan Palaniappan does likewise for Knight Riders.
Roger Ewen replaces the very hard to fill boots of Fraser Lawrance as Inverurie take on Cults at Kellands Park, and Harlaw is the venue for the Bon Accord v Crescent match as Bons look to kick start their title challenge.
Burnett Park returns to Grade 1 duty as Mannofield go to Banchory. No surprise that the centurion for 2nd Banchory last weekend, Pulkit Singh, is hastily inserted in the 1st team line up, along with Daniel Brown, who will be looking to rediscover the bowling form that resulted in his move to Mannofield a few years ago. Lokesh Saraswat moves up from Mannofield 2nds after narrowly missing out on a Grade 3 century last Saturday.
Aberdeen Grammar have a tough start to their campaign as they are at Inverdee to take on Master Blasters who came so close to winning Grade 1 last season. Grammar are minus the talents of Geoff Morrison and Prasanth Poosappadi.
In Grade 2, Fraserburgh will be hoping their batters can find a bit of form to support Chris Gospel as they are at Duthie Park to face Portcullis.
2nd Gordonians add bags of experience to their side as Jamil Shaikh and Siv Gollakota come in for their game at Rubislaw against 2nd Aberdeen Grammar.
2 wins from 2 games for 3rd Aberdeen Grammar, but they will have a tough tie against Grampian at Inverdee, the latter boosted by the inclusion of Josino Aluvathingal.
Huntly travel to St Margaret’s to take on 2nd Master Blasters and Methlick are at Links against 2nd Knight Riders.
In Grade 3, Vijay Hegde gets the chance to prove he can score more runs than his son as 3rd Gordonians welcome Aberdeen Tigers to Countesswells.
Nigel King has taken bucket loads of wickets for Stonehaven down the years and he is back in the team as they host 2nd Banchory.
Dunecht make the trip to Fraserburgh to play their 2nd XI, with the latter possibly having to rely on a few overs from Michael Watson.
Methlick must have hired in equipment from a tanning salon as the Lairds outfield has been transformed to let their game against 2nd Grampian go ahead, albeit on the artificial pitch.
2nd Mannofield are at Mannofield on Sunday to play Crathie who will be looking to build on their fine win against 2nd Grampian last weekend.
Sunday also sees some cup activity as the Aberdeenshire Cup gets underway. Bon Accord are up against Banchory at Links and Mannofield are close to full strength as they go to Inverurie. Master Blasters play Gordonians, who have Abrar Ahmed in a strong side at Inverdee. 2023 winners Knight Riders are at Rubislaw to face Aberdeen Grammar.
In the SPCU Championship, Gordonians have an early start as they get their longest journey of the season out of the way as they head to Bannockburn to play St Modans
Jon and Kris Grant are on opposite sides as Stoneywood Dyce are at home to Strathmore, but a lot might depend on how the hosts batters can handle the bowling of Majid Rasheed. No Liam Sweeney in the Strathmore team.
Aberdeenshire have a 1pm start at home to 2nd Forfarshire. Joseph Horne replaces Clark Cameron in the line up for Aberdeenshire and the visitors will be hoping for runs from Ryan Watson and Graeme Garden.
Perth Doocot should be too good for Dundee High at Dalnacraig even though the hosts include the very experienced Kevin Ancell on their team sheet.
Huntly are boosted by the inclusion of Jordan Squire as Freuchie visit.
In the Eastern Premier League, it could be a challenging day for Meigle who head to Edinburgh to play Carlton and Falkland are at home to Watsonian.
It’s the Angus derby as Forfarshire visit Arbroath, the former having a rare team sheet with neither Michael Leask or Craig Wallace on it.
Champions Grange play runners up Heriot’s with a lot of big names on show. Chris and Tom Sole are both in the Grange team and Heriot’s have Mathew Cross, Gavin Main, Mark Watt and Adrian Neill at their disposal.
Aayush Das comes in to the RH Corstorphine side alongside the massively in form Liam Naylor, who followed up his 150 last Saturday with 167 in the Scottish Cup the next day. The Stewarts Melville bowlers have cause for concern.